An essay on the diseases of the eye of the horse, and on their treatment / by James Wardrop.

  • Wardrop James, 1782-1869.
Date:
1819
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Credit: An essay on the diseases of the eye of the horse, and on their treatment / by James Wardrop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    (5 niestic animals; a subject, which the pursuits of scien- tific men arc likely materially to contribute*. 1 lie diseases of all the organs of the lower animals, are not only less numerous, but they are more uniform in their progress and symptoms than those of the human body. The Eye of the Horse is subject to much fewer diseases than that of man, whilst at the same time these diseases do not assume that almost infinite variety of character, which is met with in the human eye, and which is in man, produced from the habits of society, and the various modes of life to which he is exposed. The uniformity in the appearances of diseases in the Eye of the Horse, makes the treatment of them the more sim- ple, less of that nice discrimination being required in treat- ing individual cases, which is so essentially requisite in the practice of physic. .before considering the different Diseases to which the Eye of the Horse is subject, it ought to be observed, that not only the progress of the diseases, but their treatment, must vary, according to the different circumstances under which the animal is placed; or as it is in common language called, the cr Condition of the horse.” It may therefore be proper to observe, that there are four different states of condi- tion, in either of which the horse is usually found. The first is, when he is at grass, or living on green food, exposed to all the vicissitudes of weather. The second, when his food is more nutritious, and in that state of condition he is usually kept in by the agriculturalist. The third, when he is living on dry food, and kept in a warm stable ; as most horses are for the purposes of riding and harness. The fourth, in the highest possible state of condition * See Mr. Cline’s excellent Paper, “ On tlie Form of Animals,” in the Communications to the Board of Agriculture, vol. iv. p. 440.